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Goddesses in Context: On Divine Powers, Roles, Relationships and Gender in Mesopotamian Textual and Visual Sources (Orbis Biblicus Et Orientalis) (Orbis Biblicus Et Orientalis, 259) by Julia M. Asher-Greve; Joan Goodnick Westenholz is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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This Book Examines From Different Perspectives Some Of The Most Challenging Themes In Mesopotamian Religion Such As Gender Switch Of Deities And Changes Of The Status, Roles And Functions Of Goddesses. The Authors Incorporate Recent Scholarship From Various Disciplines Into Their Analysis Of Textual And Visual Sources, Representations In Diverse Media, Theological Strategies, Typologies, And The Place Of Image In Religion And Cult Over A Span Of Three Millennia. Different Types Of Syncretism (fusion, Fission, Mutation) Resulted In Transformation And Homogenization Of Goddesses' Roles And Functions. The Processes Of Syncretism (a Useful Heuristic Tool For Studying The Evolution Of Religions And The Attendant Political And Social Changes) And Gender Switch Were Facilitated By The Fluidity Of Personality Due To Multiple Or Similar Divine Roles And Functions. In Loving Memory -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Julia M. Asher-greve And Joan Goodnick Westenholz -- Map Of Mesopotamia -- Chronological Table -- Gender Theory And Issues / Julia M. Asher-greve -- On Sexual Differences And Gender Categories -- Changing Gender, Function, Domain, Rank/status Of Deities -- The Discourse On The

Author

Julia M. Asher-Greve; Joan Goodnick Westenholz

Publisher

Fribourg: Academic Press Fribourg ; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9783525543825

Subjects

Religion